Report: Trust in Media Just Hit an All-Time Low

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A new report from Axios indicates trust in traditional media sources has hit an all-time low with fewer than half of all Americans confident in the information they are receiving.

Using information from Edelman’s annual trust barometer, the report notes that trust in traditional media has plummeted even since 2020.

Axios states that just 46 percent of all Americans trust the media and, following the election, numbers dropped even further as just 18 percent of Republicans are expressing faith in purveyors of the news.

“Mistrust of media is now a central part of many Americans’ personal identity — an article of faith that they weren’t argued into and can’t be argued out of,” they write.

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It’s difficult to argue in favor of trusting the media after the absolute debacle that was coverage of the Trump administration since 2016.

Mainstream journalists on day one of the Biden presidency this week morphed from attack dogs to curled-up kittens. The displays were nauseating: